Virtual Care

Implementation

• Adopting and Integrating Virtual Visits into Care: Draft Clinical Guidance from Health Quality Ontario
• Implementing Virtual Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Town Hall hosted by Dr. Sharad Rai, speakers Drs. Daniel Pepe and Gord Schacter, with special guest Dr. Sohail Gandhi, OMA President

Consent

• Discussing consent with the patient – OMA

During the virtual visit

• The OMA COVID-19 guide for virtual care has details on payment for virtual visits, IT platforms that are available, how to get patient consent, and more.
• How to adapt your clinical assessment of patients with COVID-19 for virtual visits – this infographic from British Medical Journal walks you through adapting your usual assessment to a telephone or video visit.
• Virtual Pronouncement of Death – Process Map from OMA.

Billing

• Telephone and video fee code and consent details – OMA

Virtual care tools

• OTN – Using virtual tools to help slow the spread of COVID-19
• Click here to sign up for OTN virtual visits with patients